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Anisotropic J\"uttner (relativistic Boltzmann) distribution

Plasma Physics 2016-09-08 v5 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Space Physics

Abstract

The J\"uttner (covariant Boltzmann) distribution is provided for anisotropic pressure (or temperature) tensors. Its manifestly covariant form follows from its scalar property.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1512.04015,
  title  = {Anisotropic J\"uttner (relativistic Boltzmann) distribution},
  author = {R. A. Treumann and W. Baumjohann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.04015},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Brief report, typo-corrected, manifestly covariant version added

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